Monica married Hitesh this day. At the end of the wedding party,Monica's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook.

With Rs.1000 deposit amount.

Mother: 'Monica, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriagelife. When there's something happy and memorable happened in your newlife, put some money in. Write down what it's about next to the line. Themore memorable the event is, the more money you can put in. I've done thefirst one for you today. Do the others with Hitesh. When you look backafter years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'

Monica shared this with Hitesh when getting home. They both thought itwas a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can bemade.

However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivialthings.They didn't talk much. They regretted that they had married thenastiest people in the world.... no more love...Kind of typicalnowadays, huh?

One day Monica talked to her Mother:

'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We agree to divorce. I can't imagine howI decided to marry this guy!!!'

Mother: 'Sure, girl, that's no big deal. Just do whatever you want if youreally can't stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember thesaving passbook I gave you on your wedding day? Take out all money andspend it first. You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.'

Monica thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the queueand planning to cancel the account.While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record. She looked,and looked, and looked. Then the memory of all the previous joy andhappiness just came up her mind. Her eyes were then filled with tears. Sheleft and went home.

When she was home, she handed the passbook to Hitesh, asked him to spendthe money before getting divorce.

The next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Monica. She found a newdeposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record: 'this is the day Inotice how much I've loved you thru out all these years. How much happinessyou've brought me.'

They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.

Do you know how much money they had saved when they retired? I did notask.I believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone thruall the good years in their life.

"When you fall, in any way,don't see the place where you fell, instead see the place from where youslipped.

Somtimes we forget the good times and brood over the present. Sometimes we make the mistake of taking small things to heart and forget all the good qualities of our loved ones. Sometimes we make to many decisions to early. Our main problem is that we dont think from the point of view of our loved ones before making any decision. We just think we are right and realize it later on. But everytime you dont get 2nd chance.